Thursday’s Task

AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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John Holbrook said:
Thursday’s Task: “Branching out” (your interpretation) in landscape photography. My examples below:

Dead Horse Point, UT (panorama stitching, color grading, L-Bracket use)

Bald River Falls, Tellico Plains, TN (ND filter, luminosity masking)
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This should be an interesting task - very nice examples for starters.
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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The first time I tried making a panorama was a bit of a stretch since at the time (1967) I had no idea how I was going to blend two images together to make the panorama. This is Mooney Falls in Supai Canyon taken with a twin lens reflex camera on Ektachrome film:

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A number of decades later I got a Tilt-Shift lens (Canon 24mm TS-E) while shooting a Canon 5D MkII and used the shift feature to create panoramas without the usual distortion issues. This is a 3 shot panorama from a nice morning at Reflection Lakes below Mt. Rainier:

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The TS-E lens was also good for getting a wide depth of field with the tilt function. This was very useful prior to using focus stacks to get the same result. A shot from a moonlit session at Badwater in Death Valley:

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Finally an example of using a focus stack for extreme depth in a small scene - in this case False Lily of the Valley at Cape Blanco State Park along the Oregon coast:

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JimFox

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This first one is a drone image from Minnesota last fall with my DJI Mini2 drone. The drone is something new I have branched out into in the last year or so.

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This is 590nm IR with my Nikon D7100 that I had converted to do 590nm Infrared. Again, something I branched out into in the last 2 years.
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And here is where I branched out to doing Deep Space Astro 2 years ago. I bought the SkyGuider Pro which allowed me to track these objects and use my existing camera gear.
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John Holbrook

John Holbrook

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AlanLichty said:
The first time I tried making a panorama was a bit of a stretch since at the time (1967) I had no idea how I was going to blend two images together to make the panorama. This is Mooney Falls in Supai Canyon taken with a twin lens reflex camera on Ectachrome film:

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A number of decades later I got a Tilt-Shift lens (Canon 24mm TS-E) while shooting a Canon 5D MkII and used the shift feature to create panoramas without the usual distortion issues. This is a 3 shot panorama from a nice morning at Reflection Lakes below Mt. Rainier:

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The TS-E lens was also good for getting a wide depth of field with the tilt function. This was very useful prior to using focus stacks to get the same result. A shot from a moonlit session at Badwater in Death Valley:

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Finally an example of using a focus stack for extreme depth in a small scene - in this case False Lily of the Valley at Cape Blanco State Park along the Oregon coast:

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Alan, very nice images—the vertorama (I looked it up!), panoramas, and the focus stacking are all innovative techniques yielding beautiful landscapes.
 
John Holbrook

John Holbrook

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JimFox said:
This first one is a drone image from Minnesota last fall with my DJI Mini2 drone. The drone is something new I have branched out into in the last year or so.

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This is 590nm IR with my Nikon D7100 that I had converted to do 590nm Infrared. Again, something I branched out into in the last 2 years.
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And here is where I branched out to doing Deep Space Astro 2 years ago. I bought the SkyGuider Pro which allowed me to track these objects and use my existing camera gear.
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Jim, very nice drone image, always a unique perspective that I’m sure others appreciate seeing too. The IR image is also unique and ‘‘otherworldly”—as is your last image—very nice as well!
 
dan swiger

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Don't know if the directly fits, but is part of hybrid process I used a couple of time. -- Stitching 4x5 film shots.
This taken on my return from Toroweap, outside of Las Vegas at Red Rock Canyon
I used my widest lens at the time, a 90mm (~24) which didn't match what I wanted to capture.
So I thought I would do a "slight" pano and see if this would work.
Exposed on 2 sheets of Velvia 50

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Sheet 1


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Sheet 2
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Stitched
 
ProCaliberTraveler

ProCaliberTraveler

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That infrared photo of the Joshua Tree is funky! I like it. Haven't seen anything like it before. Nice job, Jim.

Since I moved to Bishop, I've dabbled a bit in bird watching and wildlife photography. Here's a shot from Panamint Valley, right on the outskirts of Death Valley National Park. I'm guessing this mule has been fed by travelers before because it approached me and let me pat its head. Needless to say, I was surprised.

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John Holbrook

John Holbrook

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dan swiger said:
Don't know if the directly fits, but is part of hybrid process I used a couple of time. -- Stitching 4x5 film shots.
This taken on my return from Toroweap, outside of Las Vegas at Red Rock Canyon
I used my widest lens at the time, a 90mm (~24) which didn't match what I wanted to capture.
So I thought I would do a "slight" pano and see if this would work.
Exposed on 2 sheets of Velvia 50

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Sheet 1


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Sheet 2
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Stitched
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Dan, your 4x5 stitching is definitely ‘‘branching out”—a task well done and a beautiful result!
 
John Holbrook

John Holbrook

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ProCaliberTraveler said:
That infrared photo of the Joshua Tree is funky! I like it. Haven't seen anything like it before. Nice job, Jim.

Since I moved to Bishop, I've dabbled a bit in bird watching and wildlife photography. Here's a shot from Panamint Valley, right on the outskirts of Death Valley National Park. I'm guessing this mule has been fed by travelers before because it approached me and let me pat its head. Needless to say, I was surprised.

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Yes, the look you’ve captured from that donkey looks as though it’s expecting a modeling fee. When my wife and I visited Custer State Park, SD the donkeys were grouped along the roadside waiting for car windows to open for their treats! Nice image!
 
JimFox

JimFox

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ProCaliberTraveler said:
That infrared photo of the Joshua Tree is funky! I like it. Haven't seen anything like it before. Nice job, Jim.

Since I moved to Bishop, I've dabbled a bit in bird watching and wildlife photography. Here's a shot from Panamint Valley, right on the outskirts of Death Valley National Park. I'm guessing this mule has been fed by travelers before because it approached me and let me pat its head. Needless to say, I was surprised.

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Thanks Michael, I am having a blast with IR.

that’s a great shot of this guy, he poses really nicely for you.
 
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